diff --git a/services/gerrit/one-way-sync.nix b/services/gerrit/one-way-sync.nix
index ac6edd8..cdb86c0 100644
--- a/services/gerrit/one-way-sync.nix
+++ b/services/gerrit/one-way-sync.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ let
       cd ${cfg.workingDir}/${name}
       git pull origin ${fromRefspec}
       EXPECTED_REF=$(git rev-list ${localRefspec} | head -1)
+      git config user.name Fork-o-Tron
+      git config user.email noreply@forkos.org
       git fetch ${fromUri} ${fromRefspec}
       git merge FETCH_HEAD
       GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -i ${cfg.deployKeyPath}' git push ${cfg.pushUrl} HEAD:${targetRef}